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What is the significance of nature in Anthem? Why does Equality 7-2521 flee to the forest when he is exiled from society?
Nature represents the original and uncorrupted state of man in
In addition to representing a chance to start over, the forest represents a gateway into the past that society has lost but that Equality 7-2521 seeks. In the forest, he finds remnants of the world that disintegrated under the force of collectivism and has now all but disappeared. When he finds his home, he finds a key to that past, which the forest has preserved for him against the neglect of his collectivist society. The library provides him with information about the world that was, and, in fact, teaches him the word “I,” which proves to be the trigger of his epiphanic self-realization. Thus, the forest offers Equality 7-2521 a way to go both forward by starting over on his own and back by connecting with the ideal society that existed before.
What is the significance of the story of the Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word? What is the role of martyrdom in Anthem?
The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word and Equality 7-2521 both suffer for what they believe in. In the case of the Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word, he burns at the stake for professing the word “I,” the word it is not permitted in his society to say. In the case of Equality 7-2521, he is flogged for refusing to reveal his secret tunnel and, later, he is exiled for seeking solitude and pursuing scientific studies. The two are connected in two ways. First, the Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word seeks out Equality 7-2521 while he is being burned alive and smiles at him while he dies. Equality 7-2521 believes this event signifies a bond between the two men. Second, though society tortures both men physically, neither one suffers emotionally during the torture because they are glad to suffer for their ideal. For Rand, suffering of the body means nothing when it is endured in the name of an ideal.
Consistent with
What is the setting of Anthem? Why does Rand not specify the story’s time or location?
Strictly speaking, the setting of
In addition to the setting’s vagueness making
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